Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Junkyard
16 November, 2023
- Team Leader
- Jennifer Dowling
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 8.2 kgs (measured)
10.087530537087, 99.820116985627
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Junkyard
- Organization/Dive Centre
- The Coral Tribe
- City
- Koh Tao
- Country
- Thailand
- Date
- 16 November, 2023
- Survey Duration
- 43 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 10.087530537087
Longitude: 99.820116985627
- Weather Conditions
-
Rain
- Survey Depth Range
- 7–10 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 3000 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- sand
- Ecosystem
- coral reef
- Wave Conditions
- Smooth (wavelets) for waves 0.1 - 0.5 meter high
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 2 |
| Caps & Lids (plastic) | 2 |
| Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons (plastic) | 2 |
| Fishing: Line | 12 |
| Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets | 10 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 1 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 2 |
| Sheeting: Tarpaulin, Plastic Sheets, Palette Wrap | 2 |
| Plastic Fragments | 11 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Batteries: AA, AAA, C & D, 6V, 9V, Etc. | 2 |
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 1 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 4 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 1 |
| Forks, Knives, Spoons (cutlery) | 2 |
| Wire, Wire Mesh & Barbed Wire | 2 |
| Metal Fragments | 2 |
| rubber materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rubber Fragments | 2 |
| cloth materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Rope And String (cloth) | 1 |
| Towels/rags | 1 |
| Cloth Fragments | 1 |
| paper materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Paper, Cardboard Fragments | 2 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 2 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Pill Package | 1 |
| Toothpaste | 1 |
| Snorkel advertisement sign | 1 |
| Sunglasses | 1 |
| Paint Roller | 1 |
| Kitchen Sponge | 1 |
| Entangled Animals | |
|---|---|
| Crustaceans | |
| Species or Common Name | Crab, Hermit Crab and Shrimp |
| Number Entangled | 16 |
| Status | released unharmed |
| Type of Debris | Fishing Line |
| Comments | 13 Crabs, 1 Hermit Crab and 2 Shrimp, all in different pieces of Fishing Line |
Additional Information
Paint Roller
Fishing Line
Plastic Fragment
Fishing Net
